2024 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 18
Ricky Tibbett
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 190
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Chula Vista, Calif.
- Prev School:
- San Diego State
2024
PREP
PERSONAL
- All-Big West Honorable Mention
- NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List
- Pitched 30 games in relief
- 4-1 record with 10 saves
- 50.1 innings with a 3.93 ERA, 54 strikeouts to 24 walks
- Four seasons for the Aztecs making 67 appearances and starting eight times
- Career record of 7-4 with two saves and a 5.75 ERA
- 128.1 career innings striking out 118 to 37 walks
- Senior season made 26 appearances with one start going 1-1 with a 5.75 ERA, 33 strikeouts, and seven walks over 36 innings
- Recorded one save going 1.2 perfect innings against San Jose State
- Season highs of 4.1 innings and five strikeouts vs. CSUN
- Junior season made 22 appearances all out of the pen for a 1-1 mark, 5.89 ERA, and 30 strikeouts to 19 walks in 36.2 innings
- Recorded one save going three scoreless innings against Hawai'i
- Season highs of 4.0 innings at San Jose State and four strikeouts vs. UNLV
- Sophomore season made 16 appearances with seven starts going 4-2 with a 6.62 ERA, two quality starts, and striking out 53 to 10 walks
- Fewest walks with a minimum of 50 innings in a single season in San Diego State history
- Season highs of 6.1 innings pitched and eight strikeouts at San Jose State
- Freshman year made three appearances in shortened 2020 season going 1-0 in 5.1 innings
- Made collegiate debut in Conway, South Carolina vs. UNC Greensboro
- First collegiate win in 2020 came vs. Long Beach State
- Appeared once vs. UC Irvine - March 1, 2022 pitching two hitless innings striking out three
- Majored in education
PREP
- Won three varsity letters at Eastlake High School
- Received all-Metro Mesa League recognition
- Helped the Titans capture a pair of CIF San Diego Section Open Division Championships
- Compiled a stellar 22-3 record and a 0.32 ERA in 172.1 innings during his high school career, according to MaxPreps
- Also posted two saves as a junior.
PERSONAL
- Sister, Glo, plays goalkeeper for UC Irvine women's soccer
- Pitched for the Eastlake Little League team that finished as the runner-up at the 2013 LLWS in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Enjoys playing basketball, video games, fishing, poker, and tattos
- Lists Max Scherzer as his favorite athlete
LAND’ON one over the fence 👊
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